The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women praised Vietnam for adopting new legal documents to eliminate discrimination against women and promote gender equality at a workshop in Hanoi on March 5.

Vietnam will make all-out efforts continue with its commitment and efforts to further implement the “World Fit for Children”, said the Minister and Chairperson of the Vietnam Committee for Population, Family and Children Le Thi Thu at a press conference held in Hanoi on March 27.

A consultation to seek the views of people living with HIV (PLWHA) on the draft Law on Prevention and Control of HIV/AIDS was held in Ha Noi last week by the National Assembly Committee for Social Affairs, with support from United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and USAID-POLICY Project